Yes, but nothing can change the fact that he ran a lousy campaign. And the GO-Pee wanted a corrupt swamp creature (Luther Strange) to win, and when they couldn't have that, they settled for a DemocRat.
I keep hearing that, but I don't know why anyone thought an amazing campaign was needed to win. Back before the accusations, I saw polls (from Alabama newspapers) showing him ahead by 20 points.
I'm not sure what he could have done to make a better campaign. Everyone in that state knew him pretty well, knew what he had done, and most of the voters had already voted for him in 2012. If left alone, he would have won anyway with virtually no campaign whatsoever.
And the GO-Pee wanted a corrupt swamp creature (Luther Strange) to win, and when they couldn't have that, they settled for a DemocRat.
And this is what I think too. Republican Senators in Washington, absolutely did not want a Christian Fundamentalist in the Senate. He would have been a thorn in their side constantly. (And a source of constant embarrassment, because he would become the archetypical "conservative" against which Liberals would campaign.)
They wouldn't have been able to cajole or bribe him, so they decided to stop him from getting there in the first place.